Improved spring-bedstead



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

S. H. TIFT, OF MORRISVILLE, VERMONT.

IMPROVED SPRING-BEDSTEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58.914, dated October 1G, 1366.

To atl 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. H. TIFT, of Morrisville, county ot' Lamoille and State ot' Vermont, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spring Bedsteads and Settees; und I do hereby declare the following to be au eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot reference marked thereon, making a part of this specitieation, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section of the bedstead 5 Fig. 2, a cross-section.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a box with a solid top, in combination with the spiral springs and pins extending through the springs, the pins being permanently fastened and mortisod into the under side of the top and playing through the springs and through apertures in the bottom of the box for the purpose of giving a uniform spring to the top, and easy elasticity, making a cheap bedstead, firm, and of durability.

A represents the oblong box, to which high or low feet B are to be attached; C, the top, titting in as a solid board loosely into the sides of the box. D are pins mortised into the top and playing through spiral springs E in the inside et the box. The bottoni (l of the bottY is also solid, haring apertures Il, corresponding with the number et' pins, and in which apertures the lower ends of the pins l) play, so that their vertical positions are always maintained and the springs are prevented rom any lateral motion, which frequently causes the springs to break. The straps J,uttuched to the lid C and box A on the outside, are for the purpose ot' preventing the top from springing upward bevond the ixed height', so that the lower ends ot' pins cannot spring above the apertures ll in the bottoni.

that I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thc oblong box A, as constructed with the top C, with its permanent pins l), straps J, springs E, and solid bottoni (l, with its apertures H, when arranged and combined substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

J. FRANKLIN ltntunirr, J om: S. HoLLrNGsnnAn. 

